Business Combinations - Barcelo Portfolio (Details) $ in Thousands	Oct. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 21, 2014 USD ($) hotel_asset hotel leased_asset joint_venture	Dec. 31, 2015 hotel
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of properties (hotel) | hotel				136
Aggregate purchase price | $	$ 148,987	$ 1,798,685
Barcelo Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of properties (hotel) | hotel			6
Aggregate purchase price | $			$ 110,100
Number of wholly owned hotel assets | hotel_asset			3
Number of leased assets | leased_asset			1
Number of joint ventures that each own one hotel | joint_venture			2